Harry Potter Movies in Order List | Watch Before Crimes of Grindelwald

Hey Muggles, listen up! It’s time to start your Harry Potter movie marathon in preparation for Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald. There are currently 10 movies in the series, with more on the way. And you might be surprised that the Harry Potter movies order can be mixed up a bit! This post will cover the Harry Potter movies list should you watch before The Crimes of Grindelwald. If you want the best way to watch the Harry Potter movies in order, you have choices! You’ll find Harry Potter movies in order of release date, a list of the chronological order of Harry Potter movies, and the must-see list of Harry Potter movies before November.

photo: Warner Brothers Studios

I’m one of those Harry Potter fans from back in the day. We did the midnight Borders store openings to pick up the copy of the newest book. Started reading in the check out line and read throughout the night.

Fast-forward to binge-watching all the Harry Potter movies in order during the Harry Potter Weekends on USA Network & wizard dueling in Diagon Alley at Universal Studios.

We take wizard duels very seriously around here!

Nerding out over all things Potter, basically.

I’m a Hufflepuff mom who married a Ravenclaw husband with children representing Hufflepuff, Gryffindor and even a Slytherin (the good kind, I promise!).

And if you don’t know what any of that means, that’s ok! We’re going to change that with this Harry Potter movie list post. You’ll be up to speed faster than Hermione can say stupify!

Harry Potter Movies in Order List | Watch Before Crimes of Grindelwald

The Harry Potter movies in order list aren’t too long so I think you can start working through your Harry Potter movie marathon now and be prepared for the newest installment.

And what movie is that? The order of Harry Potter movies to watch gets a little longer on November 16, 2018.

That’s when Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald opens nationwide. To prepare for the new movie, you’re going to want to pick one of these lists featuring the order of Harry Potter movies.

Photo: Warner Brothers Studios

Fantastic Beasts And Where to Find Them Series FAQ

What are The Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them?

The Fantastic Beasts movies are a series based on J.K. Rowling’s 2001 book Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. The book, originally written as an in-universe companion piece to the Harry Potter books expanded to a movie series in 2016.

How do the Fantastic Beasts movies fit into the Harry Potter timeline?

The Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them film series is a prequel to the events in the Harry Potter books.

Rowling announced in October of 2016 that there will be FIVE of these films, bringing theHarry Potter movies list up to 13 total.

The next movie in the Fantastic Beasts seriesHere’s just a little taste of what we’re in for with the new movie!

The Crimes of Grindelwald Official Trailer

There is so much to unpack in this Crimes of Grindlewald trailer.

In no particular order of omgee did that just happen? we have: Hogwarts, Hufflepuffs using riddikulus on a boggart, Professor Dumbledore pre-headmaster, deluminators, Thestrals, a Nifler, Leta LeStrange, the Mirror of Erised, the elder wand, and Nicholas freakin’ Flamel.

(L-r) EVANNA LYNCH as Luna Lovegood, EMMA WATSON as Hermione Granger, MATTHEW LEWIS as Neville Longbottom and DANIEL RADCLIFFE as Harry Potter in Warner Bros. Pictures’ fantasy “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix”

Harry Potter Movies List: The Shortlist

This Harry Potter movies list is one that I’m going to leave a little open-ended.

Once I’ve seen The Crimes of Grindelwald I’ll have a better understanding of what movies you should see on the shortlist.

The short list of Harry Potter movies order includes watching Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Photo by Warner Bros. Pictures

For now, I’m thinking this Harry Potter movies list will include the movies that mention some of the major players and storylines we’ve seen in the trailer- especially any that touch on the Gellert Grindelwald/Albus Dumbledore and Dumbledore/Flamel relationships.

For now, I’m going to say the important movies on this Harry Potter movies list are:

Patty Holliday

If she isn’t chasing her four kids around Northern Virginia, Patty is chasing four bars on her phone to share her authentic and fun stories on social media and her blog, My No-Guilt Life. She’s also one half of the Marvel Moms, an online community for discussing the Marvel fandom. You can catch up on her runDisney fun at No-Guilt Disney.